As we reflect on our Christmas Gooch / Twixtmas (you decide), the gang are mad as ever! Boo to red pill-ers, Molly Mae Thatcherism and people being mean! And less importantly, boo to scary puppets, dead horses and bad bangs.

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Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

In our special festive episode of WEAWMA, we're mad at the Chanel advent calendar, fusty old traditions, overconsumption, and garish Christmas lights on the streets.

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Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

This week we are joined by our very first guest, Sol Escobar, founder of Give Your Best. Together, we're mad at the misinformation and misrepresentation of refugees and the refugee ‘crisis’ in media, mouldy Christmas decorations, deputising citizens, and Jeremy Strong.

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ABOUT SOL
My name is Sol and I’m the founder of Give Your Best. Originally from Uruguay, I immigrated to the UK 16 years ago; I’ve lived in 6 countries and speak 6 languages. I’m a linguist at Cambridge Uni by day and run Give Your Best in every spare minute. I started GYB last year during lockdown after volunteering to support refugees in Calais and locally in Cambridge for a couple of years, and realising that the pandemic had hit the people in this community particularly hard. What started as a project, 14 months later has become an organisation run by 70 volunteers, with 130 more in the wider network, who support 600 women and have received over 8,000 items of donated clothing.

GIVE YOUR BEST

• Instagram: https://instagram.com/giveyourbest.uk
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/giveyourbest_uk
• Our website: https://www.giveyourbest.uk/
• Our fundraiser print shop: https://giveyourbestprintshop.bigcartel.com/ 
• Our merch ‘for good’: https://wildandkind.com/give-your-best/ 

Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

This week we are FURIOUS at our lack of Christmas spirit, Brian May, and sad lesbian movies.

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Norway gay Santa advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLumk_rQQw

Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

Are you mad at the royal family? Same. Also this week, we’re mad at being too cool for Taylor Swift in our teen years, Travis Scott, Christmas lies, and porky events. **MILD SPOILERS FOR THE FILM SPENCER STARRING KRISTEN STEWART.**

Content warning: We discuss the deaths at Astroworld.

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Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

This week we're mildly pissed at Marvel Stans, the commercialisation of Hallowe'en, funding cuts to arts degrees, sore necks, niche Hallowe'en costumes, and hairdressers who refuse to forward your mail. SO relatable.

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LINKS WE REFERENCE:

The Superhero Industrial Complex:
https://www.boshemiamagazine.com/blog/the-superhero-industrial-complex

The Scariest Thing About Hallowe'en is Overcommercialization: https://mndaily.com/269480/opinion/adwan-the-scariest-thing-about-halloween-is-overcommercialization/

Ministers could limit student numbers on lower-earning arts degrees in England – The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/23/ministers-could-limit-student-numbers-lower-earning-art-degrees

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This week the gang gets loose with the C word as we discuss uni life, letters of recommendation, Mad Men, and Wetherspoons and the inherent racism of pubs. Let's go c*nts!

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Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

TRIGGER WARNING: Skip to 30:10 to avoid the discussion of the Sarah Everard case and potential triggers for sexual assault, violence against women, murder and police violence.

This week we're mad at the Metropolitan Police, misplaced slippers, oil spills, tenuous covid guidelines, lack of mental health support, and the seasons changing.

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RESOURCES:

Rape Crisis England & Wales: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/
National  Sexual Violence Resource Center USA: https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help

Mental Health First Aid England Resources: https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/resources/
Mental Health First Aid USA: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

Use this poster as a starting point for convincing your employer to pay for Mental Health First Aid training.

Use these resources to back it up too, especially the presentation titled "Workplace Wellbeing: Making the Business Case for Mental Health": https://mhfaengland.org/mhfa-centre/resources/resource/?id=92ad5582-3ca5-e811-8147-e0071b668081

Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

This week we're mad at Monzo Flex and other Buy Now, Pay Later schemes, frankly rude half marathon rules, imperial measurements, sexist adverts, Amazon towns, and Pete Davidson's dick jokes.

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Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton

This week we're mad at the Texas Abortion Ban, more rights for gestational sacs than people with uteruses, cottagecore, bad coffee orders, Marvin Gaye's estate, and leaky pineapple hands.

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CONTENT WARNING: Abortion, obviously.


The video Q mentions:

• The Religious Right: Part Two | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPsderlzd6c

Abortion funds to support Texans who need abortions:

• Texas Equal Access – https://teafund.org/
• Fund Texas Choice – https://fundtexaschoice.org/
• The Lilith Fund – https://lilithfund.org/

Produced and Edited by Jake Bolton